Full Coverage: Human Rights

08/31/2006

Dalit Aid

International NGOs (INGOs) vary greatly in size, approach and focus. For the majority, India continues to be a priority area for their activities, where they use a variety of working strategies. There are many different approaches the INGOs follow with regard to Dalit programmes in India. We need to learn from each other where there is an impact and where there are problems. We need to analyse the nature and context of caste discrimination, soical exclusion of dalits, caste conflicts and solutions to such conflicts, assess the political dimensions of Dalit empowerment, assess the different models and ways of working on Dalit issues.

08/30/2006 Mesitas de El Colegio, epicentro cultural de Cundinamarca y sitio de referencia para las Artes Escénicas colombianas y latinoamericanas, acoge en este año, el VIII FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRO CALLEJERO ¡VIVA EL TEATRO! EN MESITAS DE EL COLEGIO.

08/30/2006 Sobre la reciente polémica generada entorno a la propuesta (rápidamente retirada) del congresista del Partido Aprista Peruano, Javier Velásquez Quesquén, entorno a la necesidad de proscribir el despido arbitrario, la Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) considera oportuno señalar lo siguiente:

08/30/2006 El FEDHU se una organización de segundo grado, de alcance nacional que difunde, promueve la plena vigencia de los derechos humanos en el Ecuador. Sirve de enlace, coordinación y orientación para el desarrollo de sus acciones comunes hacia la consecución de una sociedad justa equitativa y solidaria.

08/30/2006 The jury of the 12th Sarajevo Film Festival awarded the Human Rights Award for promotion of human rights to “Vukovar – Final Cut”, a film by Croatian journalist Drago Hedl and Belgrade director Janko Baljak.

08/30/2006 Shoqata Maqedonase për Orientim të Lirë Seksual - MASSO ka përgëzuar Qeverinë e re me rastin e fillimit të punës së saj dhe ka theksuar që pret bashkëpunim në realizimin e qëllimeve të përbashkëta për të gjithë qytetarët e Maqedonisë.

08/30/2006 Žiri 12. Sarajevo Film Festivala koji je zavšio prije nekoliko dana dodijelio je posebnu nagradu dokumentarnom filmu "Vukovar - posljednji rez", hrvatskog novinara Drage Hedla i beogradskog režisera Janka Baljka u produkciji B92. Riječ je o nagradi za promoviranje ljudskih prava, Human Rights Award.

08/30/2006 Floods in India have devastated many parts of the country bringing misery to millions of people. Four hundred people are confirmed dead, but relief organisations fear that the final figure will run into thousands. With many communities still cut off, ActionAid is providing relief supplies and medicines to victims as well as helping to evacuate those still in danger.

08/30/2006 The Saharias - an ancient tribe of the north Indian desert state of Rajasthan - who have been discriminated against and denied government food security programmes have fought with the help of NGOs to seek justice. After a fact-finding mission by the government ration cards have been given to people and ration shops have been opened for them.

08/30/2006 Suicides by farmers in the west Indian state of Maharashtra have been on the rise despite a relief package announced by the Indian Prime Minister. In northern Maharashtra the number of farmer suicides in 2006 has inched close to the cumulative figure for the past four years.

08/30/2006 The House of Representatives instructed the government to endorse the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. If its backers maintain pressure on the government, ratification should happen in the next session of parliament in a couple of months, said parliamentarian Bijaya Subba, who piloted the recommendation through the house.

08/30/2006

Balochistan Province

It was reported that fighter jets and helicopters attacked the south western province of Balochistan, killing some 37 government opponents, including a former governor and chief minister of the province, Sardar Akbar Khan Bugti.

08/29/2006 Prishtinë - Një ditë para Ditës Ndërkombëtare për Personat e Zhdukur, Këshilli për Mbrojtjen e të Drejtave e të Lirive të Njeriut - KMDLNJ, sot ka organizuar tryezën me temën “Intensifikimi i aktiviteteve për identifikimin e të pagjeturve”. Qëllimi i tryezës është identifikimi i hapave të mëtejmë për zbardhjen e fatit të tyre, ka thënë kryetari i KMLDNJ-së, Pajazit Nushi.

08/29/2006 NEW DELHI (IPS) - As more details emerge of the events that led to the detention of 12 Indian Muslims travelling aboard an aborted Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam last week, it becomes apparent that they were victims of racial and religious prejudice. It also becomes equally clear that the Netherlands is unlikely to apologise to or compensate the victims unless the Indian government takes a tough stand on the issue.

08/28/2006 La Fundación Myrna Mack (FMM) destacó que tras una década de finalización del conflicto armado interno, el país se encuentra inmerso en una espiral de violencia que continúa causando la pérdida de vidas humanas a un ritmo tan acelerado, equivalente al período más cruento registrado durante las hostilidades.

08/28/2006 La ola de violencia desatada en el país, que parece ser incontrolable, volvió a llenar de luto varias familias salvadoreñas. Las víctimas de este nuevo hecho de sangre fueron cuatro personas, incluyendo a un periodista que se desempeñaba como corresponsal de la Prensa Gráfica.

08/28/2006 Sudanin hallitus on viime viikkoina vahvistanut joukkojaan konfliktin runtelemassa Darfurin maakunnassa. Asetelma saattaa johtaa vakavaan ihmisoikeuskatastrofiin aivan lähitulevaisuudessa, ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty International varoittaa.

08/28/2006 Local authorities on Thursday appealed for emergency relief for thousands of families displaced by recent fighting and drought in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Fierce fighting between government forces and the ousted Taliban militia, coupled with this year’s particularly hash drought, have forced nearly 4,000 families to leave their homes.

08/26/2006 Quasi una campagna contro "i difensori dei diritti" pare quella in corso in Cina negli ultimi tempi. Deputati, docenti universitari, dissidenti che, in numero sempre più grande, stanno cercando di espandere il diritto alla libertà attraverso cause legali e campagne via internet vengono incriminati. Ieri è stato condannato a tre anni di reclusione per frode il giornalista Zhao Yan, accusato di aver rivelato all'estero segreti di stato. L'altro ieri è toccato all'attivista per i diritti umani non vedente Chen Guangcheng, condannato a quattro anni e tre mesi per danni a proprietà pubbliche e incitamento al blocco del traffico. Accuse ritenute false dalle rispettive difese e processi sommari.

08/25/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferencz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam should be tried for starting "aggressive" wars--Saddam for his 1990 attack on Kuwait and Bush for his 2003 invasion of Iraq.